- Vehicles
- 500
- Built between
- Jan 1975 – Aug 1980
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 3 April 1981
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 1975 and August 1980. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1975-1980 Skyline JameeBuilt January 1975 to August 1980
- 1975-1980 Skyline LindyBuilt January 1975 to August 1980
What the defect is
On some motor homes, the driver and passenger seats may not be secured to the chassis in complete conformity to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 207, "seat mounting systems", and no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages". This is due primarily to the omission of certain washers or the use of wrong sized washers when seats were re-attached after carpet installation.
What gets fixed
VEHICLES WILL BE CHECKED FOR PROPER INSTALLATION OF SPECIFIED WASHERS. ANY MISSING OR INCORRECT WASHERS WILL BE RECTIFIED WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJanuary 1975 to August 1980
- Recall reported to NHTSA19 March 1981
- Owners notified3 April 1981
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 19 March 1981.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- SKYLINE CORPORATION
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 207
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Vehicle description: motor homes.system: interior; seat assemblies.consequences of defect: seat could pull loose in a collision and the possibiltyof injury to front seat occupants would be increased.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.